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ok, so I'm playing with the source now and have gotten this working
(at least on the output side of things).
So my example of:
<% for @order in @orders %>
...
<%= text_field("order[]", 'name') %>
...
<% for @item in @order.items %>
...
<%= text_field("order[]item[]", 'name') %>
yeilds something like this:
<input type="text" name="order[1][name]" ...
<input type="text" name="order[1]item[1][name]"...
<input type="text" name="order[2][name]" ...
<input type="text" name="order[2]item[1][name]"...
<input type="text" name="order[2]item[2][name]"...
Before I start working on loading this back into model objects upon a
submit, does anyone have any thoughts on this approach? This
functionality wasn't left out for any particular reason, was it?
Thanks,
Ben